Approval
of Minutes: All board members present had read the minutes of the November 24,
2003 meeting.A motion was made by
Barbara Faraone and seconded by Joyce Waldinger to accept the minutes of
November 24, 2003 as written.Chairman
Steven Bodnar  aye, Barbara Faraone  aye, Clifford Hanehan  aye, Joyce
Waldinger  aye, and David Hall  aye.Carried 5-0

Applicant
is seeking an area variance and an interpretation of town zoning law to tear
down an existing 24 x 36 garage and build a new house 24 x 68 in its
place.Located in the Lake Residential
District.

Robert
Hathaway, Zoning Officer, informed the board that Richard Oliver would not be
attending.He is no longer seeking the
variance and is building on the existing footprint.

Vicki
J. Bachmann, Esq. for Muriel Clark-Massiah, stated she was not aware that
Richard Oliver would not be attending and that he had withdrawn his
application.She had noticed that
cement had been poured.Zoning Officer
Robert Hathaway stated that a permit had been issued for the slab and that it
was within his legal right to build on the existing footprint.No
Action

Applicant
is seeking an area variance for lack of the minimum lot size and all set backs
for construction of a new 2 story home replacing the existing 2 story
camp.Located in the Lake Residential
District.

Proof
of notice having been furnished a Public Hearing was held.Noone came forward for or against this case.

Stephen
Mastaitis submitted drawings of his proposed new 2-story home to the
board.He stated that the proposed new
home is only exceeding the current footprint of the camp towards the
right-ofway by 15 feet, with approximately 20 feet remaining to the right-of
way. This extension is due to the garage.He stated that this is more than many of the homes being constructed
around the Lake now have. Chairman Steve Bodnar remarked that the concerns are
lack of road frontage, minimum lot size and the required setbacks. Steve
Mastaitis reported that he sent out letters to all his neighbors without much
response since they are not in the area in the wintertime.He did talk with neighbors Dave James and
Dr. Hogan who had no objections.Louis
Bleil, a neighbor four doors down, replied in writing and had no objection.
This letter was presented to the board.

Steve
Bodnar questioned the square footage of the new building.David Rich, the builder, replied that it is
a tapered lot so the house tapers with the lot.It comes to about 1500 sq. ft. on the first floor including the
porch and garage.Stephen Mastaitis
noted that the lot is about 300 sq. ft. bigger now because of the retaining
wall that was installed.David Rich
presented the board with pictures of other homes on Franklin Beach Road and
commented that this home has more space than other existing homes and is
further off the road than other homes on the road.The proposed home of 1,500 sq. ft. is 28.8% lot coverage. Stephen
Mastaitis noted that the second story would also be over the garage.

Clifford
Hanehan questioned if the height of the building would be the same as the
existing structure? David Rich replied that it would be six feet higher due to
the building having to meet the Floodplain requirements.He also added that no views would be
blocked.

Barbara
Faraone introduced a motion to approve the variance request as submitted
allowing a 1,500 sq. ft., twostory structure to be constructed on basically
the same footprint that is currently there.The lot coverage is at 28.8% and is not to exceed 29%.This allows for larger sidelines and for a
garage to be built approximately 15 feet closer to the Franklin Beach
right-of-way.Barbara Faraone stated
that it would enhance the neighborhood and it has better setbacks than
currently exist with no significant change as to what is allowed there.She also liked the fact that there is room
for the parking of cars.Clifford Hanehan
seconded this motion. Chairman Steven Bodnar  aye, Barbara Faraone  aye, Clifford
Hanehan  aye, Joyce Waldinger  aye, and David Hall  aye.

Carried 5-0 GRANTED.

Page 3 Zoning Board of
Appeals Minutes 01/26/2004

New Business:

Chairman Steve Bodnar discussed the memo received from
Supervisor Thomas Wood requesting recommendations for zoning law changes from
the board.He encouraged the board
members to gather and forward their suggestions.

Chairman
Steve Bodnar welcomed new board member Dave Hall and new clerk Ruth Drumm.Barbara Faraone congratulated Steve Bodnar
on becoming the new Chairman of the Board.